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"There," he said, slightly relaxing his severe demeanor with an encouraging smile, "I think this will do; we've stopped the bleeding. It will probably smart a little as the plaster sets closer. I can send my partner, Dr. Sparlow, to you in the morning." She looked at him curiously and with a strange smile. "And zees Doctor Sparrlow eez he like you, M'sieu?"
"But you're not cross with me, are you?" she almost wept. "No! I am not cross wiz you! Eez zat you annoy me!" And as though she were a doll, he pushed her from him, his big hand almost blotting out her pretty little face. The stool and Angela fell to the floor. She was furious. The devil in her was roused. Chagrined, she picked herself up. Her dainty plaid frock was covered with dust.
"Chicarona," said the gypsy, "ze Gacho az byed ze ztallion for zwo hunner an' viftee dollars, an' now he wanz to buy Pepeeta." "Wad vor?" she asked. "Berhabs he zinkz zhe eez a prinzez, I dunno," he answered, digging the toe of his bare foot nervously into the sand. "Zen dell 'im zat he zhold not look vor ztrawberries in ze zea, nor red herring in ze wood," she said with a look of scorn.
When he handed one of these blanks to his leading French salesman, that gentleman shrugged his shoulders and said: "It eez imposseeble." When the American became insistent all the French salesmen resigned in a body. This objection was purely temperamental. If there is one thing above all others that puts a Frenchman into panic it is publicity of his personal affairs.
It eez sudge a pleasure to see you again awe." "Won't you two just go in the reception-room a moment," said Aileen, almost hoarsely. "I'll be right in. I want to get something." Then, as an afterthought, she called very sweetly: "Oh, Mrs. Sohlberg, won't you come up to my room for a moment? I have something I want to show you." Rita responded promptly.
"Ze r-rock pierre or! Eet eez to you et le bébé one half. Ze res' you send you send heem France pour ma femme mi esposa an' ze leet-leetla one? Mi padron you do heem?" "What's he drivin' at?" muttered one of the cowboys. But Ike motioned them to proceed and drive as fast as possible toward Willow Spring. He bent toward the agitated herder again. "I'll take care of it, Pete," he assured him.
"I don't haf' to," said the little girl, earnestly; "I I " Something unpleasant would certainly have happened at that moment, had not "Frenchy," deep in his geography lesson, piped up at the teacher from the rear of the room. "T-a-n-g-a-n-y-i-k-a," he spelled, snapping his fingers and waving his arm. "Wot eez dat?" For a moment the teacher was silent, scowling down at the little girl.
Still standing in the water, which he seemed reluctant to leave, he shrugged his shoulders and replied: "We muz azk Chicarona. Zhe eez my vife." "And master?" asked the quack, smiling sardonically. The gypsy did not answer, but, stepping from the brook and looking backward, reluctantly led the way to the tent. "Chicarona! Chicarona!" he cried as they approached it.
Zhe eez two hunner year ol'. Her teeth are fell oud. Zhe haz ze zpavins. Zhe haz ze ringa bonze. But, señor," growing suddenly respectful, and spreading out his hands in open and persuasive gestures, "ere eez a horze zat eez a horze. Ee knowz more zan a man! Ee gan work een ze arnez, ee gan work een ze zaddle; ee gan drot; ee can gallop; ee gan bead ze winz!"
"It is possible, monsieur," said Frank, with a grim smile, "that they are copying their manners after Frenchmen at a Dreyfus demonstration." The foreigner turned haughtily and stared at Frank. Then he shrugged his shoulders, turned away and observed to his companion: "Jes' like all ze Americans ah! what eez ze word? fresh." The other man bowed and rubbed his hands together.
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